Test of the response of diamond detectors to fission fragments of 235U

As part of the joint work of IFJ PAN-Kraków, INFN-Milano, LPSC-Grenoble and ILL, diamond detectors and their front electronics were tested. We characterized the spectroscopic signal responses of diamond detector prototypes exposed to fission fragments (FF). Their energy resolution and pulse height defect were characterized by fission fragments of specific energy and mass. We concluded that diamond detectors are very promising as a fission trigger for the FIPPS germanium detector system.